An emotional reunion has taken place at a Jerusalem hospital between a Palestinian family and the IDF medical officer who saved the life of their baby son as they crossed the Allenby Bridge from Jordan into Israel last weekend.

The baby was reported to have suffered a cardiac arrest at the crossing on Saturday morning. An IDF medical team led by 23-year-old Lt. Ronen Kessler quickly arrived at the scene and performed CPR before the baby was evacuated by helicopter to Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem.

On Wednesday, Kessler and division medical officer Moran Gershoni visited the family at the hospital.

“They were really happy to see us,” Kessler said, according to a report from Israel’s Channel 2 News. “Most of the time, the father spoke English. He told of what had happened before they got to the crossing, and kept thanking us for what we did. The mother also thanked us and even hugged Gershoni. It was very exciting, but it’s not easy to see a boy of six months in such bad shape.”

“I appreciate everything that IDF soldiers did, and they were praying for my boy,” the baby’s father said. “They gave him first aid and took him by helicopter to Hadassah, even though he is not Israeli but Palestinian.”

Gershoni said the army’s medical treatment of Palestinians in such cases was unexceptional.

“Yesterday we performed CPR on a 16-month-old infant with a candy stuck in its throat. On Friday were were treating an injured Palestinian who was brought to the base gate in an unconscious state,” she said.

“Everyone who needs care is taken care of,” Gershoni emphasized.

Kessler added that the IDF does not differentiate between “blood and blood;” “that’s what we swore and what we do every day.

“The world probably will not see these images,” he reflected, stressing that “they represent the real army, and our values.”

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What a pity that the world media does not show stories like this one. When I was in Israel I visited the Hadassah Hospital and I saw Israelis and Palestinians being cared for side by side. But bad stories always sell more newspapers so the media always reports incidents of war where Palestinians get hurt. Israelis are even getting blamed for the attacks in France, thought I don’t know how anyone works that one out. I have shared this story all over Facebook in the hope that at least one person reads it and has a different view that one that is currently held by the world at large.

Dan Toren

Libya has decided to ban palestinians Sudanese and Syrians from entering Libya,they are considered to be a threat to Libya…
Perhaps with good reason.

Dan Toren

The chances of the foreign media in Israel sending this story to their editors is zero…..They prefer fake palestinan sob stories on how the IDF mistreats the palestinians..

Irene Tunkel

As Education Chairman of my Hadassah Chapter, this is the information I bring to our members. They neither hear this on TV or read this in the papers.

beth njogah

MAY GOD’S LOVE CONTINUE TO FLOE AND TO BE SEEN THROUGH THE IDF

beth njogah

MAY GOD’S LOVE CONTINUE TO FLOW AND BE SEEN THROUGH IDF

Bat Sheva

In other countries, Palestinian refugees are denied work and medical treatment. I wish the world would understand this, and see the good things here.

Rachelle Cobway

WHERE IS WORLDWIDE MEDIA COVERSGE ????

Liz

The grace of human kindness will win out over madness and hate; may it happen soon. Am Yisrael Chai!

Much too little attention is paid to these acts of true humane character, conducted by the IDF on behalve of PalÃ¤stinians.World press (which is cynicaly claimed to be jewish dominated) preferes to demonice the jewish State of Israel.